[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5067-5068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1198]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Land Acquisitions; Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of final agency determination to take land into trust 
under 25 CFR Part 151.

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SUMMARY: The Associate Deputy Secretary made a final agency 
determination to acquire approximately 55.84 acres of land into trust 
for the Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington on January 13, 2006. This notice 
is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of 
the Interior to the Associate Deputy Secretary.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Skibine, Office of Indian 
Gaming Management, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and 
Economic Development, MS-4600 MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20240; Telephone (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published to comply with the 
requirement of 25 CFR Part 151.12(b) that notice be given to the public 
of the Secretary's decision to acquire land in trust at least 30 days 
prior to signatory acceptance of the land into trust. The purpose of 
the 30-day waiting period in 25 CFR Part 151.12(b) is to afford 
interested parties the opportunity to seek judicial review of final 
administrative decisions to take land in trust for Indian tribes and 
individual Indians before transfer of title to the property occurs. On 
January 13, 2006, the Associate Deputy Secretary decided

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to accept approximately 55.84 acres of land into trust for the 
Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. The 55.84 parcel is located 
in King County, Washington. The parcel will be used for the purpose of 
construction and operation of a class III gaming facility.
    The real property consists of a 55.84 acre tract located in King 
County, Washington. The legal description of the property is as 
follows:
    Lot 1, Block 3 of the unrecorded plat of Si-View acre tracts, more 
particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south 
line of the NW. quarter of section 31, Township 24 North, Range 8 East, 
Willamette Meridian, in King County, Washington, 750.75 feet South 88 
degrees 51'11'' West of the SE corner of said NW. quarter, thence South 
88 degrees 51'11'' West, 660.36 feet; thence North 3 degrees 02'25'' 
West 308.18 feet; thence North 86 degrees 57'35'' East, 660.00 feet to 
the west line of a 60.0 foot street; thence South 3 degrees 02'25'' 
East along said street, 330.0 feet to the point of beginning;
    Except that portion of Lot 1, Block 3 of the unrecorded plat of Si-
View acre tracts, in Section 31, Township 24 North, Range 8 East, 
Willamette Meridian, in King County, Washington, described as follows: 
Beginning at the NE. corner of the above described Lot 1; thence South 
86 degrees 57'35'' West a distance of 311.14 feet along the north 
boundary of said Lot 1; thence South 3 degrees 02'25'' East a distance 
of 140.00 feet; thence North 86 degrees 57'35'' East a distance of 
311.14 feet to the east boundary line of said Lot 1; thence North 3 
degrees 02'25'' West a distance of 140.00 feet along the east boundary 
of said Lot 1 to the point of beginning.
    And, all of Government Lot 3 and that portion of Government Lot 4, 
lying northerly of the north margin of SR 90 (State Highway Number 2); 
section 31, township 24 North, Range 8 East, Willamette Meridian, King 
County, Washington.
    Containing a total of 55.84 acres, more or less.

    Dated: January 13, 2006.
James E. Cason,
Associate Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-1198 Filed 1-30-06; 8:45 am]
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